Cat stories

The Cat Who Climbed the Matterhorn
On September 7th, 1950, the Times of London printed a news story about a 10-month-old black-and-white kitten who became the first feline to conquer the Matterhorn, a formidable mountain in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy.Continue reading…

Tom the Church Cat
On a grassy bank outside a medieval church in southwest England, there lies a small gravestone which reads simply “The Church Cat 1912-1927”.

This is the marker of Tom the Church Cat, resident of St Mary Redcliffe church in Bristol.Continue reading…